29 September 2026
Germany Laughed At Lotus For Years — Now China Built It A Hybrid Mercedes and BMW Can't Beat Lotus was one of the most famous names in motorsport, and for years it was heading straight for the scrapyard. Tiny production numbers, owners coming and going, losses year after year. Germany stopped taking it seriously. Then China stepped in, and everything changed. In this documentary, we follow how Lotus was rebuilt from the ground up. A new high-tech factory in Wuhan. The Evija hypercar with close to two thousand horsepower. The Eletre, an electric hyper SUV that outguns the BMW XM and the Mercedes-AMG GLE 63. The Emeya, a four-door GT built to beat the Mercedes-AMG EQS and the BMW i7 M70. The Emira 420 Sport, the lightest and most powerful Emira ever built. And the game-changer: the Eletre X, with 952 horsepower, more than 1,200 km of range, and full performance even with the battery almost empty. We also look at what comes next: Focus 2030, a new hybrid V8 supercar with more than 1,000 horsepower, new engines from Horse Powertrain replacing Toyota and Mercedes-AMG power, and the transformation of the historic Hethel factory. Is this the moment Lotus finally takes the fight to Mercedes and BMW? Watch until the end and tell us what you think in the comments. 🔔 Subscribe and turn on notifications so you never miss a new story about how China is reshaping the global car industry. CHAPTERS 0:00 The car that should not exist 2:28 The factory that changed Lotus forever 4:16 Evija: the hypercar that fired the first shot 5:55 Eletre: going after Germany's money 8:13 Emeya and Emira: the future and the soul 10:57 X-Hybrid: the weapon Europe did not have 13:35 The V8 supercar that changes everything #Lotus #LotusEletreX #LotusEmira #Mercedes #BMW
